Improvement in soldering sheet-metal eaves-troughs



`metal bands B, which are curved at one end,

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

E. H. CAMP, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.l

IMPROVEMENT IN SOLERING SHEET-METAL EAVES-TROUGHS.

Speciation forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,950, dated March 2i, 1862i.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, E. H. CAMP, of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Device for Holding or Clamping Sheet-Metal Eaves- Troughs for the purpose of soldering the scctions of the same together; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, rei'erenre being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same taken in the line a; x, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a semicircular box provided with clamps and iitted on rockers, all being arranged in such a manner that the sections of the trough may be firmly clamped in the box and the sections soldered together with the greatest facility, as hereinafter fully shown and described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents abox, which may be constructed of sheet metal. Russia sheet-iron would answer a good purpose. This box has open ends and is of semicircular form in its transverse section. To the outer or convex surface of the box there are firmly connected as shown at (i, and have a straight meta-l rod, C, firmly screwed or riveted within them, said rod extending the whole length ofthe device. The curved parts c of the bands B below the rodCform recesses to receive the bead b, which is formed at one edge of the eaves-trough, said curved parts c being above the edge of the box A. The ends of the bands B opposite to the ends where the recesses or curved parts c are formed are provided with loops or eyes c, through which the hooked ends of metal straps D pass. These straps are attached at their lower ends, by joints d, to screws E, which pass To the convex side of the box A there are secured two rockers, G G, which are portions of circles and are permanently secured to the box. One of these rockers has an arm, H, attached to it by a pivot, f. This arm, when moved outward, as shown in red in Fig. 2, holds the device in an upright position and prevents its rockers from turning.

The box A is made of a size in its transverse section corresponding to their size in a similar direction ofthe eaves-troughs, and the plates I ot' the latter, after being curved or bent in proper form,with beads b at one edge of them, are fitted in the box A, the beads b being adjusted in the curved parts a of the bands B underneath the rod C. The hooked ends of the straps D are then iitted over the edges of the plates I, the ends of the latter being 0ver lapped. The thumb-nutsF are then turned and the plates I firmly clamped or secured in the box A. The joints or lapped ends of the plates I are then soldered, the device being turned or moved with a rocking motiomwhich greatly facilitates the operation of soldering.

The device may be of any desired length, so

as to receive a greater or less number of plates I, as may be desired, and a greater or less number of these connected plates, which are sections ot' a trough, may be connected together, according to Athe length of eavestrough re quired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isi Thesemicircular box A, provided with rockers G G, andbands B, curved at one end, as shown, to forni recesses cf., with a rod, C, secured within them, in combination with the straps I), arranged as shown, and adjusted by screws and nuts or their equivalents, for the purpose specified.

E, H. CAMP.

Vitnesses:

C. S. PRATT, WM. H. VAN HORN. 

